Ralf Altrieth - Les ignorants de l'inquiétude - XXL
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Ralf Altrieth’s unique, hand-signed 2026 mixed-media painting, Les ignorants de l'inquiétude - XXL, is an abstract-expressionist work in blue and orange measuring 160 × 105 cm.
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At first glance, Ralf Altrieth’s painting seems to unfold a free, spontaneous and playfully spirited universe. Strange characters, hybrid creatures and faces with unexpected expressions inhabit the surface. But behind this apparent whimsy lies a distinctive pictorial language, in which every form contributes to a carefully constructed composition.
His practice combines acrylic paint, decalcomania and material transfers. These processes introduce impressions, textures and fragments into the image, where they interact with the painted forms. The figures sometimes seem to emerge from these layers, transform through contact with the material or reassemble themselves from its accidents. The image does not stem from a fully premeditated drawing: it develops through associations, shifts and successive discoveries.
The resulting universe oscillates between free figuration, an imaginary bestiary and graphic expression. Impossible animals share the space with fantastical characters, fragmented faces and anthropomorphic silhouettes. Bold contours, expressive eyes and sinuous lines give the figures an almost theatrical presence. Some seem amusing, others enigmatic or slightly unsettling. All belong to a world where the usual categories of living things no longer really apply.
Color plays an essential role in this construction. Large areas of contrasting color, vividly colored backgrounds and contrasts between luminous tones and dark areas give the compositions their distinctive energy. Thick lines structure the figures, while the marks, impressions and irregularities of the material preserve a distinctly painterly freedom. The result is a balance between drawing and painting, graphic structure and gestural spontaneity.
In Ralf Altrieth’s artistic journey, this approach reflects a particular exploration of the possibilities of the image: not merely bringing forms out of the material, but giving them an identity, an expression and an almost autonomous existence.
His works do not seek to reproduce a recognizable world. They invent another, with its own figures, its own codes and its own logic. Their presence is immediate, carried by the force of the colors, the expressiveness of the characters and the richness of details that gradually come to light.
More than a simple figurative composition, each painting thus opens a window onto a teeming imaginary universe. A work that first draws you in with its energy and character, then holds your gaze with the diversity of its forms and the many stories each one seems to contain.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic with decalcomania and material transfers on canvas
Heavyweight, professional-quality canvas
160 × 105 cm
Unique, hand-painted work
Excellent condition
Signed and dated on the back by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth
CRITICISM AND PRESS:
“In this sense, Ralf Altrieth’s pictorial poems are pure children’s song. From the crucible of improvisation, he brings forth an untouched world of spontaneous joys and powerful impulses.”
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, art historian and museum director
“Through gesture and color, his visual language describes a world open to new voices and untried experiences. His canvases and works on paper demonstrate that painting remains a major form of expression on the contemporary art scene.”
— Laurent Puech, art historian and curator
MARGINS:
The stated dimensions correspond to the artwork once stretched on a frame. The canvas has additional white margins that can be stapled to the sides of the frame (approximately 2.5 to 3 cm of margin on each side). Your local framer can easily stretch the canvas.
SHIPPING:
The canvas is shipped rolled in a reinforced tube, specially designed to provide maximum protection during transit. The work is entrusted to an express carrier offering home delivery, full tracking and delivery against signature, to ensure the artwork is protected as much as possible until it is handed over in person.
Note: The room-view images are presentation suggestions created using AI from photographs of the actual artwork. Photographs of the actual item are authoritative (close-ups, full artwork, and back and side views). Colors may vary slightly depending on your screen’s color profile.
NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS:
MAC Paris
A.R.P.A.C., Castelnau-Le-Lez
Galerie N5, Montpellier
Château d'Assas, Le Vigan
A DESSIN 4, Sète
SMAC Festival, Toulon
Galerie U, Baiersbronn, Germany
Galerie Théo de Seine, Paris
Galerie Via Arte, Honfleur
Galerie Hartmut Beck, Erlangen, Germany
EWE, Freiburg, Germany
Seller's Story
Ralf Altrieth is a Franco-German painter, recognized for his expressive and spontaneous universe, at the border between figuration and abstraction.
His work, nourished by more than thirty years of creation between painting and music, is distinguished by a rare pictorial energy and a particularly sensitive language. Trained in his teens with the painter Georg Schaible, then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nürtingen at the end of the 1980s, his works are today in numerous private collections around the world. Shown in many galleries and European art venues, he lives and works today in the south of France.
Translated by Google TranslateAt first glance, Ralf Altrieth’s painting seems to unfold a free, spontaneous and playfully spirited universe. Strange characters, hybrid creatures and faces with unexpected expressions inhabit the surface. But behind this apparent whimsy lies a distinctive pictorial language, in which every form contributes to a carefully constructed composition.
His practice combines acrylic paint, decalcomania and material transfers. These processes introduce impressions, textures and fragments into the image, where they interact with the painted forms. The figures sometimes seem to emerge from these layers, transform through contact with the material or reassemble themselves from its accidents. The image does not stem from a fully premeditated drawing: it develops through associations, shifts and successive discoveries.
The resulting universe oscillates between free figuration, an imaginary bestiary and graphic expression. Impossible animals share the space with fantastical characters, fragmented faces and anthropomorphic silhouettes. Bold contours, expressive eyes and sinuous lines give the figures an almost theatrical presence. Some seem amusing, others enigmatic or slightly unsettling. All belong to a world where the usual categories of living things no longer really apply.
Color plays an essential role in this construction. Large areas of contrasting color, vividly colored backgrounds and contrasts between luminous tones and dark areas give the compositions their distinctive energy. Thick lines structure the figures, while the marks, impressions and irregularities of the material preserve a distinctly painterly freedom. The result is a balance between drawing and painting, graphic structure and gestural spontaneity.
In Ralf Altrieth’s artistic journey, this approach reflects a particular exploration of the possibilities of the image: not merely bringing forms out of the material, but giving them an identity, an expression and an almost autonomous existence.
His works do not seek to reproduce a recognizable world. They invent another, with its own figures, its own codes and its own logic. Their presence is immediate, carried by the force of the colors, the expressiveness of the characters and the richness of details that gradually come to light.
More than a simple figurative composition, each painting thus opens a window onto a teeming imaginary universe. A work that first draws you in with its energy and character, then holds your gaze with the diversity of its forms and the many stories each one seems to contain.
TECHNIQUE:
Acrylic with decalcomania and material transfers on canvas
Heavyweight, professional-quality canvas
160 × 105 cm
Unique, hand-painted work
Excellent condition
Signed and dated on the back by the artist
Certificate of authenticity signed by Ralf Altrieth
CRITICISM AND PRESS:
“In this sense, Ralf Altrieth’s pictorial poems are pure children’s song. From the crucible of improvisation, he brings forth an untouched world of spontaneous joys and powerful impulses.”
— Dr. Friedhelm Häring, art historian and museum director
“Through gesture and color, his visual language describes a world open to new voices and untried experiences. His canvases and works on paper demonstrate that painting remains a major form of expression on the contemporary art scene.”
— Laurent Puech, art historian and curator
MARGINS:
The stated dimensions correspond to the artwork once stretched on a frame. The canvas has additional white margins that can be stapled to the sides of the frame (approximately 2.5 to 3 cm of margin on each side). Your local framer can easily stretch the canvas.
SHIPPING:
The canvas is shipped rolled in a reinforced tube, specially designed to provide maximum protection during transit. The work is entrusted to an express carrier offering home delivery, full tracking and delivery against signature, to ensure the artwork is protected as much as possible until it is handed over in person.
Note: The room-view images are presentation suggestions created using AI from photographs of the actual artwork. Photographs of the actual item are authoritative (close-ups, full artwork, and back and side views). Colors may vary slightly depending on your screen’s color profile.
NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS:
MAC Paris
A.R.P.A.C., Castelnau-Le-Lez
Galerie N5, Montpellier
Château d'Assas, Le Vigan
A DESSIN 4, Sète
SMAC Festival, Toulon
Galerie U, Baiersbronn, Germany
Galerie Théo de Seine, Paris
Galerie Via Arte, Honfleur
Galerie Hartmut Beck, Erlangen, Germany
EWE, Freiburg, Germany
Seller's Story
Ralf Altrieth is a Franco-German painter, recognized for his expressive and spontaneous universe, at the border between figuration and abstraction.
His work, nourished by more than thirty years of creation between painting and music, is distinguished by a rare pictorial energy and a particularly sensitive language. Trained in his teens with the painter Georg Schaible, then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nürtingen at the end of the 1980s, his works are today in numerous private collections around the world. Shown in many galleries and European art venues, he lives and works today in the south of France.
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Edition
Original
Artist
Ralf Altrieth
Title of artwork
Les ignorants de l'inquiétude - XXL
Technique
Mixed media
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Year
2026
Colour
Blue, Orange
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
160 cm
Width
105 cm
Style
Abstract Expressionism
Period
2020+
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